Cognitive style and individual differences in EEG alpha during information processing

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 219-234

  Riding, Richard J ^a   Glass, Alan ^a   Butler, Stuart R ^b   Pleydell Pearce, Christopher W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bristol The Burden Neurological Institute   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85065379266     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341970170117     Document Type: Article

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